Top 80+ Solved Legal Education and RM 2 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. What can you do to reduce the time consuming nature of transcribing interviews?
a. use a transcribing machine
b. employ someone to transcribe for you
c. transcribe only selected parts of the interviews
d. all of the above
Q. Which of the following is not a type of lifestory?
a. naturalistic life stories
b. researched life stories
c. true life stories
d. reflexive and recursive life stories
Q. Which of the following is an advantage of qualitative interviewing relative toparticipant observation?
a. it allows you to find out about issues that are resistant to observation
b. it is more biased and value-laden
c. it is more likely to create reactive effects
d. none of the above
Q. Which of the following is a disadvantage of qualitative interviewing relative toparticipant observation?
a. it has a more specific focus
b. it is more ethically dubious, in terms of obtaining informed consent
c. it may not provide access to deviant or hidden activities
d. it does not allow participants to reconstruct their life events
Q. The introductory section of a research report should aim to:
a. identify the specific focus of the study
b. provide a rationale for the dissertation, or article
c. grab the reader\s attention
d. all of the above
Q. What is the purpose of the conclusion in a research report?
a. it explains how concepts were operationally defined and measured
b. it contains a useful review of the relevant literature
c. it outlines the methodological procedures that were employed
d. it summarizes the key findings in relation to the research questions
Q. Which of the following is not normally included in a written account of qualitative research?
a. an introduction, locating the research in its theoretical context
b. an explanation of the design of the study
c. a discussion of the main findings in relation to the research questions
d. a decision to accept or reject the hypothesis
Q. Before submitting your dissertation, you should ensure that:
a. your writing is free of sexist, racist and disablist language
b. other people have read your final draft
c. you have proofread it thoroughly
d. all of the above
Q. Probability sampling is rarely used in qualitative research because:
a. qualitative researchers are not trained in statistics
b. it is very old-fashioned
c. it is often not feasible
d. research questions are more important than sampling
Q. The two levels of sampling used by Savage et al. (2005) for the Manchester study were:
a. random and purposive
b. convenience and snowball
c. statistical and non-statistical
d. contexts and participants
Q. Which of the following is not a type of purposive sampling?
a. probability sampling
b. deviant case sampling
c. theoretical sampling
d. snowball sampling
Q. Why is an ethnographic study unlikely to use a probability sample?
a. because the aim of understanding is more important than that of generalization
b. because the researcher cannot control who is willing to talk to them
c. because it is difficult to identify a sampling frame
d. all of the above
Q. Apart from people, what else can purposive sampling be used for?
a. documents
b. timing of events
c. context
d. all of the above
Q. What can be generalized from a purposive sample?
a. that the findings are true for broadly similar cases
b. that the findings are true for the entire population
c. that the opposite is true for people who are the opposite of those in the sample
d. that purposive sampling is better than probability sampling